Innovation and enthusiasm

Enthusiasm: it's catching.

Alexander Grothendieck: Enthusiasm and Creativity

Alexander Grothendieck was born in Berlin on 28 March 1928. His father, Sascha Shapiro, an anarchist originally from Russia, took an active part in the revolutionary movements first in Russia, and then in Germany, during the 1920s, where he met Hanka Grothendieck, Alexander’s mother. After the Nazis came to power in Germany it was too dangerous for a Jewish revolutionary to stay there, and the ...

Measuring patients' views: between enthusiasm and reality.

In 1947, the World Health Organization broadened the definition of health as 'a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity' [1]. This new paradigm, representing the ideals of modern medicine, measuring patients' views on their psychological fulfilment, satisfaction and well-being, became an important outcome both in clinical asse...

Few people and enthusiasm on IJzer Pilgrimage

thusiastically the new Purple government was received in the Flemish press, concludes Knack (3 September). The contrast with the credit accorded the Purple-Green government when it came to power in 1999 is great. The unwritten rule that a new government is given the benefit of the doubt and the first few months are overlooked before any conclusions are drawn suddenly appeared to no longer apply...

Bioethics and human rights: curb your enthusiasm.

as they put it, Annas simply ‘‘hasmisunderstood andmisrepresented our positions on several key points.’’ Speaking as editors, such provocative phrases from both sides make for ‘‘Great Debate’’ fodder, indeed. We can only hope that, as readers, you concur. This introduction does little to explain the arguments produced herein, and, undoubtedly, the end of this debate has not settled the problems...